KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — The driver of a car that crashed into a Kalamazoo Metro Transit bus last year has entered a plea deal.
Earlier this week, 59-year-old Michael Duane Spencer pleaded guilty to a charge of operating while intoxicated causing serious injury. A charge of reckless driving causing serious impairment of body function was dismissed as part of the plea.
A mug shot of Michael Duane Spencer. (Kalamazoo County Jail)
The crash happened last May in the area of W. Michigan Avenue/South Street at Oakland Drive in Kalamazoo. Spencer was allegedly going 108 mph five seconds before crashing into the bus head-on at 102 mph.
Four of the six passengers on the bus were taken to the hospital with minor injuries, and both drivers had to be freed from the wreckage. The bus driver had to have part of her leg amputated due to the injuries sustained in the collision.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on June 4.